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You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced...
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Nov 26, 2014 08:00 PM New island - Marie Galante
To be at 7 am at the jetty I must get up before sunrise. But the ship schedule is conveniet - you are arriving to the island at 8 am and you have full day to explore before 4.30 depature to Saint Francois.
Marie Galante is much bigger then Desirade - it is round and has 15 kms end to end. I arrived to little and cozy Saint Louis, but the capital of the island is much bigger Grand Bourg - ferries from PTP arrive there. The third settlrment is Capesterre - it has the nicest beach and many flowering trees - see the picture.
Marie Galante is almost flat, it is sugar cane island. The stone towers of the sugar windmills are still present in the landscape ( more then 100 of them) and three destilleries still produce the rum and rum-based coctails. I visited Bellevue. They offer free tasting (I found 6-year old rum the best) and then you can buy... 1 litre bottle cost like 8 euro. But the economy box of 4,5 l costs only 24 eu - good deal for the sailors from the yachts anchoring here in the picturesque bays.
Nice views, stone bridge in the north of the island and remains of old sugar farms - that is Marie Galante.
On the way back the sea was very choppy - many people used sickness bags. But not me! :)
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Nov 24, 2014 08:00 PM New island - Desirade
Day transfer from Saint Francois by ship costs 27 euro for round trip. Departure is at 8 am and 45 minutes later you should be on Desirade but the sea was very rough today. Well, it was not a Drake Passage but our small ship was dancing on the waves quite well. Backbone should be protected on such adventure.
At the end of Guadeloupe island there is a rocky cape with a cross on it and I had a real problem to stand up and to take photo.
Desirade, discovered by Columbus is 11 kms long with nice beaches on southern coast and high cliffs on the north. 9 kms long road goes from east to west end. Few people know that thdy have a public minibus going all this way and charging just 1 euro for the ride. After visiting the ruins of leprosery on the east end I used it to move to Pointe Cilibri where iguanas live.
Then I wasclimbing in the heat of the noon the road to the mountain chapel (some 250 m above the sea) for the great panorama. Sleepy Desirade with friendly Creoles impressed me. Sea on return was much
calmer... Great day with few warm showers!
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Nov 23, 2014 08:00 PM Gwadeloupe after years...
EGwada is probably the only hostel on expensive Gwadeloupe. They charge hefty 25 euro per person in the 11-bed dormitory. The toilet is downstairs... But it is on the Hill, so you have a great panorama even from the bathroom :).
They say it is in Gosier, but let you know that in fact they are in Saint Felix - eastern end of Gosier. On seconnd roundabout in Saint Felix turn left and after some half kilometer look for the sign on the left side. Prepare for hard climbing!
In the morning I went to the Saint Felix beach and then - taking pictures - to the central Gosier and onward - to the fort.
It was 29 deg during the day and high humidity - it was hard walk.
In the afternoon I took a public bus (2.20 euro) to the lovely town of Saint Francois. This will be my base to explore smaller islands around.
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Nov 22, 2014 08:00 PM Paris to Pointe a Pitre
It was cold, but lovely sun in the morning when I was going by tram T7 back to Orly airport. The tram is nice byt very slow, and the rails are sneaking around so allow 40 minutes for this ride...
On Orly T7 has a stop in the basement of Orly Sud terminal - they offer free ride on skytrain to Orly West terminal.
Our 777 departed on time for 9-hours flighta to Martinique. Hot meal wax tasty, they offered also free wine and beer. Why to Martinique? Because AF offers better one-way fare if you fly via FDF.
After 4 hours waiting in Fort de France airport I boarded half-empty A320 from Cayenne and an hour later we landed on Guadeloupe. It was 11 pm and 26 deg Celsius. A barefoot boy from eGwada hostel was waitin for me. At midnight I was in the bed. But in Europe it was already 5 a.m.
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Nov 21, 2014 08:00 PM Gdansk to Paris
Sorry, no direct flights from Gdansk to Gwadelupe... :) So I am forced to fly via Warsaw, Paris and Fort de France...
It was wet and hazy morning when my neighbour took me with his little car to Gdansk airport. Two hours later I landed before the schedule in Warsaw. Free wi-fi internet is here good quality and I had a chance to checkif sufficient found for budget travel is already on my account. Then I checked for Air France flights to my destination. AF plane was full. They serve only one little sandwich and a glass of juice on 2 hours flight to Paris! Sun was shining when we landed on CDG airport. Little traffic but long time waiting for the luggage. 40 minutes! After collecting of my pack I went to "service client" window to wait another 15 minutes for the bus voucher to Orly airport. My onward flight is from Orly and they are obliged to provide free transport! Otherwise you have to pay 21 euro!
Before morning flight I have to spend a night near Orly. The cheapest soluition is now Ibis Budget Chevilly hotel (35 euro for twin room) _ easy to reach by T7 tram. Tram will cost you extra 1,70 eu each way, but is better then 5 kms walk in the dark! Bonne nuit!
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Nov 20, 2014 08:00 PM Escape from cold Europe - new voyage!
Short and dark days came to Poland. The rain and wind. Chill around. It is high time to fly to the warm countries :) So I am flying away to a sunny Caribbean. I've been many times in this region of the world, but still I have there new islands to discover- this time less known ones. The journey will begin on the French Guadeloupe. It has the small islands scattered around, which can be reached by ferry. Then I'd like to see Barbuda Island belonging to the State "Antigua and Barbuda", famous for its colony of frigates. Next unknown island to visit will be Nevis. Cheap ship that departs from Miami will take me later to Honduran Roatan, Belize and the Bahamas. I'm going to go back to my hometown Gdansk before Christmas.
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Nov 10, 2014 08:00 PM Celebrating 30th meeting of Polish Globies
It is hard to believe. But OSOTT - the annual meeting of Polish Globetrotters started 30 years ago. It was invented by Andrzej Urbanik and Krzysztof Kmiec. Since then every year in November the top Polish travellers had a chance to meet and to share their experience. This year we celebrate 30th anniversary of OSOTT. That's why most of us brought to Rzeszow costumes from all over the world. In the evening we get toogether to have a glass of champagne and of course - a lot of fun. The hit costume was presented by Jurek Grembosz, who is exploring since years the primitive civilizations of Papua and Melanesia - see Jurek and me on the picture :)
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Nov 08, 2014 08:00 PM Globetrotters meeting in Rzeszów
This was cloudy and foggy day in Rzeszów but we dod not have the time to go out og the building. Slide shows started just after breakfast and finished after midnight with a short breaks for the meals only. I had two presentations: about a trek to Mustang and about the little-known Brazilian achchipelago Fernando de Noronha. For me this was also a chance to promote my book. See the charming university students from Rzeszów University on the picture - they were helping us to conduct all event smooth :)
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Nov 07, 2014 08:00 PM Going to Annual Meeting of Polish Globetrotters
It was hazy morning in Gdansk and stll dark when I was going to the Gdansk Airport. The well-known meeting of Polish Globies takes place in provincial city of Rzeszów - in thr southeastern corner of Poland so heading there I have to cross all my country. To shorten the time of the long journey I decided to fly to Warsaw and then continue by Polski Bus - if you book early you can pay only 2 zlotys (75 cents) for 5 hours journey.
Our meeting since 2 years is supported by Rzeszow University and as a result all speakers have free accommodation in the classy Rzeszow Hotel. Before the meeting started at 4 pm I had a chance to meet my friends from all over Poland - all of them are passionate travellers. I had also a chance to meet for the first time Alexander Doba - the man of my age who crossed solo Atlantic Ocean by small kayak. You can see us on the picture. Slide shows one by one took us to the all continents. Before midnight I was already too tired to stay longer. What a pictures, what a stories!
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Nov 01, 2014 08:00 PM New edition of my book...
I spent more then 12 hours at the printing plant in Gorna Grupa, some 100 kms from Gdansk assisting in the formation of the second edition of my book "To the seven continents". After a few months break, my book (304 pages, in Polish, but with 245 color pictures) is now again on sale and can be ordered on the http://www.kontynenty.net/zamawiam.php -page.
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